The artist Mantu Chitrakar hails from Noya, Midnapore, in West Bengal. At a young age he began patua painting and singing in the nearby villages to earn a living for himself and his family. He has exhibited and demonstrated in India as well as abroad. In 2007 he exhibited at the International Folk Art Convention at the Nek Chand's Rock Garden in Chandigarh as well as at the Learning Department of the National Museum in Liverpool, UK. His works are at the private collection of American artist and art patron Scott Rothstein, Ann Oppenhimer - President of the Folk Arts Society of America, Dr Stephen Huyler and at the Museum of Visionary Art, Baltimore, USA and National Museums, Liverpool, UK. He continues to exhibit his works internationally and nationally.
The Bengali scroll tradition is an ancient one, featuring single image paintings known as Pats or long vertical multi paneled scrolls known jorana patas' (scroll paintings)This Pat' or painting is the art from the State of West Bengal.
Animals are either deeply revered or are a threat to the human race. Either way they have occupied a special place not only in the Indian psyche but also mythology. In this Bengali Pat, the tiger is shown in its elements ready for the game of hunt.